A WARWICK University teacher training course has been rated as “outstanding” by Ofsted inspectors.

The inspectors graded the primary PGCE “outstanding” for overall effectiveness and for capacity for further improvement and sustaining high quality.

For the secondary PGCE provision and Graduate Teacher Programme, overall effectiveness was judged as “good”, but capacity for further improvement and sustaining high quality was judged “outstanding”.

The report said: “The university enjoys a good reputation, recruitment to initial teacher training is strong and a large proportion of trainees are successful in gaining teaching posts in the West Midlands.

“Final attainment for trainees on the primary route is high with more than 50 per cent of trainees judged to be outstanding by the end of the course.”

Ian Abbott, Associate Professor, said: “We are very pleased with the outcome and it is a reflection of the quality of our staff, trainees and our partnership schools.”